Responding To Heru Budi's Request For Cable Arrangement, This Is APJATEL's Step

Chairman of APJATEL Jerry Mangasas Swandy (photo: dock. VOI)

JAKARTA - Some time ago, Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono asked the Telecommunication Network Operators Association (APJATEL) to arrange fiber cables that were chaotic in DKI Jakarta.

Responding to the request of the Acting DKI, the General Chairperson of APJATEL, Jerry Mangasas Swandy said that APJATEL is committed to collaborating with several related parties in the arrangement of priority networks in DKI Jakarta.

"There are several agreements regarding the virality of 2 cable cases, yes. So in response to that, there are several points that I need to convey. First, APJATEL is committed to collaboration in terms of the arrangement of priority networks in DKI Jakarta," Jerry told VOI on Friday, August 11 at IIXS 2023 Kemayoran, Jakarta.

For the arrangement of this priority network, Jerry added that APJATEL will carry out three actions. First, the arrangement of priority networks in the form of creating and grouping for cables along road crossings in Jakarta.

"So in the end, it won't have the potential for further community accidents," added Jerry.

Second, APJATEL is also planting underground cables. Until now, Jerry admitted, APJATEL has planted cables along approximately 200 KM, throughout Jabodetabek. Of these, 90 percent of them are cable planting in Jakarta.

"Well, this is still in the process in accordance with the directives and orders from the DKI Provincial Government and the surrounding PO in Jabodetabek. So, since when did we do that? We did that from 2018, so it has been quite a while," he said.

Finally, APJATEL is also making arrangements for the SJUT cable (Integrated Utilities Network Area), either structuring with a planting system or structuring cables in the air.

"So, in a month we are given a target for height, especially cable crossings at road crossings, and later after September, the Asean Summit, we will deploy (wires) specifically at road crossings," concluded Jerry.